Scene of the Week: Iron Eagle
For many of us, our father is the first hero we ever know. For the lucky ones, their dad remains their hero for their entire life. That was certainly the case for young Doug Masters (Jason...
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Scene of the Week: The Green Berets
Revisionist dip-shits love to take people who were born over one hundred years ago and drag their names through the mud for comments they made. Times change. All you have to do is look at the...
Scene of the Week: Road House
On May 19, 1989 the Patrick Swayze film Road House opened in the United States. Decades later the movie is still looked upon fondly… to borrow a phrase from the old TBS days, Road House is...
Scene of the Week: Excalibur – The Sword in the Stone
I have had a lifelong fascination with the stories and myths of King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table. I can remember going to my local library and checking out countless books; everything from...
Scene of the Week: No Retreat, No Surrender Training Montage
There are certain types of scenes that lend themselves to be Scene of the Week material. Scenes involving vehicular mayhem are a personal favorite. Fight scenes showcasing a variety of combat styles. Shootouts are always fun....
Scene of the Week: Duel of the Titans
Call it a guilty pleasure if you want, but there is no denying that 1987’s Deathstalker II has a very high rewatchability factor. Director Jim Wynorski and the star of the film John Terlesky deserve much...
Scene of the Week: The Count of Monte Cristo (1975)
Adapting a novel to a feature length film can be a difficult proposition because it usually requires eliminating details to fit a run time and adding action to make the film entertaining. The Count of Monte...
Scene of the Week: Anything Goes
After the runaway success of 1981’s Raiders of the Lost Ark, everyone could see a sequel was coming. But I seriously doubt anyone could have predicted that the sequel, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom...
Scene of the Week: Kuffs – Apartment Shootout
1992’s Kuffs is an extremely underrated movie starring the always funny Christian Slater and featuring the type of fourth wall-breaking scenes that even Deadpool can’t match 25 years later. That fact that it had a few...
Scene of the Week: Firewalker
Chuck Norris was born on March 10, 1940 in Ryan, Oklahoma. You might think based on his reputation and skill level that Chuck Norris was doing karate moves right out of the womb… but truth be...
